• CIPN

    Patients with difficult-to-treat depression can received specialized treatment, such as ECT, rTMS, and Esketamine, from our Center for Interventional Psychiatry and Neurotherapeutics.

  • Research

    We are dedicated to advancing treatments in psychiatry through innovative research and conveying research skills to the next generation of scientists.

  • For All of Us | Humanizing Mental Illness: Understanding Psychosis

    For All of Us | Humanizing Mental Illness: Understanding Psychosis - June 8 @ 1 p.m.

  • EpiCenter

    The Early Psychosis Intervention Center (“EPICenter”) is the only five-year program in the nation for young people in the early stages of serious mental illness.

  • APAL slider

    Our AZ Psychiatry Access Lines (APAL) provide free case consults for pediatric and perinatal providers whose patients have mood and/or substance use disorders. APAL.arizona.edu

Message from Dr. Karp

Message from Dr. Karp

We are living in extraordinary times in which leaders in psychiatric medicine are needed more than ever. The vital imperative for all to have access to personalized, compassionate, and empathetic healthcare requires creative, well-trained leaders in psychiatry and psychology to help improve the world through clinical care, education, and research.

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The Department of Psychiatry leads efforts to comprehensively prevent and treat psychiatric disorders, conduct cutting-edge research, and prepare future clinicians through rigorous, experiential education. Our commitment to non-discrimination focuses our dedication to serving Southern Arizona’s unique patient populations. 

News

Melody Glenn, MD
Trump Budget Draft Ends Narcan Program and Other Addiction Measures

The Trump administration plans to terminate a $56 million annual grant program that distributes doses of naloxone, the opioid overdose reversal medication commercially known as Narcan. Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Psychiatry Melody Glenn, MD, is quoted.
Shakaib Rehman, MD, Jamie Manser, Jason Jameson, MD.
Psychiatry Department receives top honor for CME programs

The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson Department of Psychiatry received the Arizona Medical Association’s C.H. William Ruhe, MD, Award. The award is named for the late Ruhe, whose many contributions to medical education included the design and development of an accreditation system still in use for continuing medical education for physicians. It honors meritorious achievement and innovation in accredited continuing medical education, graduate medical education or other professional learning by an Arizona organization.